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Tammy Lynn Michaels’ Beautiful Poem About Melissa Etheridge Filing For Divorce

On Friday Melissa Etheridge filed a Petition for Dissolution of Domestic Partnership to legally end her relationship with Tammy Lynn Michaels, seeking joint custody of their three-year-old twins. Melissa “blindsided” Tammy last year by ending the relationship, and news finally broke in April they were done. Not helping things: Michaels’ tendency to take to her blog to write poetry about her now ex-partner. Today is no different:

blindsiding

i am wondering if it’s an art

gentle waves
no noise for awhile
or maybe gentle voices

and

SMACK!!!!!!!!!!!!
FILE FOR DIVORCE!!!!!!
even though we both promised
agreed
handshook
pinkyswore

no filing until after tour
in the fall

her broken promises
told to me by
headlines

i’m raising the kids
doing what i can
second set of yours

could you stop blind sighting me?

unless it’s another art form you’re working on?

By:           John Rogers
On:           Jul 3, 2010
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  • 11 Comments
    • No. 1 · slobone

      Do I detect a certain haiku influence? Or Zen koans?

      Jul 3, 2010 at 2:15 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment · Flag
    • No. 2 · Blah

      Melissa Etheridge is old and gross. She should just be happy she got someone way better looking and less douchey than herself who was willing to hook up with her.

      Jul 3, 2010 at 2:44 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment · Flag
    • No. 3 · counterpoll

      A nasty break up is no excuse for horrible poetry! And publishing it on the internet, that’s just tacky!

      I do hope their kidlings avoid getting dragged through the mud. It’s up to the adults in any breakup to minimise the effects on the offspring.

      “Blindsighting”?
      “Pinkyswore”?
      ———–ouch!

      Jul 3, 2010 at 3:19 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment · Flag
    • No. 4 · Allie

      I’m a little disappointed, I thought Melissa was better than that. Has ME has been hanging around with Navratilova? She certainly certainly seems to be picking up some of Martina’s habits of mistreating women.

      Jul 3, 2010 at 10:02 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment · Flag
    • No. 5 · jeffree

      @Allie @Blah
      You must be reading some other news stories about this break up other than here.

      Please provide links so the rest of us can figure out where u 2 get these ideas from. What is the source of your hatered ?

      Also, thank you for your kind words of concern about the effects of this relationship ending on the custody issues. After all, ME & TLM do have to worry about their c/h/i/l/d/r/e/n, something which your posts addressed so carefully !

      Your respect for LGB families deserves special mention !

      Jul 4, 2010 at 5:33 am · @ReplyReply to this comment · Flag
    • No. 6 · chadnnocal

      I feel terrible for Tammy Lynn. Melissa, and Rosie, for that matter have demonstrated that LGBT relationships are no different that straight. One minute we are professing our undying love and a minute later we publicly destroying those same relationships.

      It just legitimizes the Right Wing narrative that Gay people cannot have long lasting and meaningful relationships.

      Jul 4, 2010 at 10:03 am · @ReplyReply to this comment · Flag
    • No. 7 · Tony

      M.E.: over-rated; self-centered.

      Jul 4, 2010 at 3:30 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment · Flag
    • No. 8 · s_b

      Anyone else wondering if Tammy Lynn even has a lawyer of her own yet? (For one thing, it seems like any lawyer worth his/her salt would have told her to stop frickin’ blogging about this…)

      Jul 4, 2010 at 5:01 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment · Flag
    • No. 9 · jeffree

      Thank you to all posters for caring so deeply about the fate of thr /c/h/i/l/d/r/e/n/ impacted by this break up.

      You are true humanitarians & advocates for what really matters

      And you should all get DNA tested to prove that you are humanoid. So far all we see is hatered.

      Jul 4, 2010 at 8:50 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment · Flag
    • No. 10 · Abigail

      Melissa Etheridge is like many celebrities; narcissistic and self absorbed who act like most predators; quick to act and go for the throat. They do what they want, walk away when they want. Sadly, and rather..hmm uck, she probably has a younger blonde waiting in the wings. I hope Tammy has a full house where a support system is concerned, and is able to keep the children with her.

      Jul 4, 2010 at 9:12 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment · Flag
    • No. 11 · Blah

      @jeffree: You’re welcome, crazy ME fanfag. Also w/h/y/ a/r/e y/o/u w/r/i/t/i/n/g l/i/k/e a p/r/e/t/e/e/n s/c/e/n/e k/i/d?

      I didn’t realize I need to cite my sources about my feelings on her being a douchebag. She’s a douchebag. I think her actions so far have made that pretty obvious. Also, I just think she’s a doucehbag.

      Works Cited: Me

      Jul 6, 2010 at 7:55 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment · Flag

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